Editing 2000s (section)

== {{Anchor|name}}Name for the decade ==
Orthographically, the decade can be written as the "2000s" or the {{" '}}00s". In the English-speaking world, a name for the decade was not immediately accepted as it had been for other decades such as the [[1980s]] and [[1990s]] ('80s, '90s).<ref name="news.yahoo.com">{{cite web |last=Hitchings |first=Leah |date=December 8, 2000 |title=Even with 10 years to decide, still no name for the decade |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews_deca/ynews_deca_ts1010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117172425/https://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews_deca/ynews_deca_ts1010 |archive-date=2010-01-17 |url-status=live |access-date=February 13, 2012 |publisher=News.yahoo.com}}</ref><ref>Washington Examiner, December 1, 2009; modified March 16, 2012. [http://washingtonexaminer.com/say-goodbye-to-the-aughts-zeros-2000s-whatever/article/18865 Say, goodbye to the aughts, zeros, 2000s, whatever]. retrieved March 1, 2013. {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130412033333/http://washingtonexaminer.com/say-goodbye-to-the-aughts-zeros-2000s-whatever/article/18865|date=April 12, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |title=What Do You Call It? |url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/01/04/what-do-you-call-it |access-date=2017-04-22 |magazine=The New Yorker |date=27 December 2009 |archive-date=2017-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516115810/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/01/04/what-do-you-call-it |url-status=live |last1=Mead |first1=Rebecca}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=January 1, 2000 |title=The noughties: So where are we now? |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/585224.stm |access-date=April 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512230010/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/585224.stm |archive-date=2014-05-12 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BBC-name">{{cite news |last=Rohrer |first=Finlo |date=December 31, 2009 |title=Decade dilemma |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8436194.stm |access-date=April 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214202127/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8436194.stm |archive-date=2013-12-14 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The '''''aughts''''' ([[American English]])<ref>{{cite Merriam-Webster|aughts}}</ref><ref>{{cite OED|aughts |id=50734758 |short=yes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/aughts |title=aughts |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> or '''''noughties''''' ([[British English]])<ref>{{cite OED|noughties |short=yes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite dictionary |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/noughties |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119164009/https://www.lexico.com/definition/noughties |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |title=noughties |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> arise from the words ''[[aught]]'' and ''[[nought]]'' respectively, both meaning [[zero]]. The ''noughties'' became a common name for the decade in the United Kingdom<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/davehillblog/2011/mar/29/leyton-orient-olympic-hockey-astroturf-connection |location=London |work=The Guardian |first=Dave |last=Hill |title=Olympic hockey and Leyton Orient: the astroturf connection |date=March 29, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526025448/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/2011/mar/29/leyton-orient-olympic-hockey-astroturf-connection |archive-date=2012-05-26 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/6198897/100-songs-that-defined-the-Noughties.html |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |first=Neil |last=McCormick |title=100 songs that defined the Noughties |date=September 18, 2009 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513021304/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/6198897/100-songs-that-defined-the-Noughties.html |archive-date=2014-05-13 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article6881549.ece |location=London |work=The Times |title=The Noughties year by year |date=October 20, 2009 |first=Sophie |last=Tedmanson |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818200111/http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article6881549.ece |archive-date=2011-08-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/28/spain-at-glance-guide |location=London |work=The Guardian |first=Giles |last=Tremlett |title=At-a-glance guide to Spain |date=March 28, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120529061916/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/28/spain-at-glance-guide |archive-date=2012-05-29 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/mar/23/budget-2011-chancellor-to-close-online-vat-loophole |location=London |work=The Guardian |first=Simon |last=Bowers |title=Budget 2011: Chancellor moves to close online VAT loophole |date=March 23, 2011 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206163711/http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/23/budget-2011-chancellor-to-close-online-vat-loophole |archive-date=2013-02-06 |url-status=live}}</ref> and in New Zealand and Australia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-roaring-noughties/story-e6frg6z6-1225813622788 |work=The Australian |first=Cameron |last=Stewart |title=The roaring noughties |date=December 26, 2009 |access-date=March 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/never-so-good-20091225-lezs.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald |first=John |last=Huxley |title=Never so good |date=December 26, 2009 |access-date=March 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105135323/http://www.smh.com.au/national/never-so-good-20091225-lezs.html |archive-date=2012-11-05 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Although use of the word ''aught'' to refer to zero is not widespread in the United States, the use of ''aughts'' to identify the decade became common there.<ref>{{cite news |last=Irwin |first=Neil |date=January 2, 2010 |title=Aughts were a lost decade for U.S. economy, workers |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/01/AR2010010101196.html |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-date=August 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820082853/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/01/AR2010010101196.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Noveck |first1=Jocelyn |title=50 things that changed our lives in the aughts |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/50-things-that-changed-our-lives-in-the-aughts/ |website=Seattle Times |access-date=28 February 2021 |date=December 21, 2009 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314202622/https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/50-things-that-changed-our-lives-in-the-aughts/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Okwodu |first=Janelle |date=February 17, 2021 |title=Paris Hilton Remains the Ultimate Aughts Muse |url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/paris-hilton-style-evolution-aughts-muse |access-date=2021-02-28 |website=Vogue |language=en-us |archive-date=2021-03-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302081435/https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/paris-hilton-style-evolution-aughts-muse |url-status=live}}</ref>

Other spoken-word possibilities included "two-thousands", "twenty hundreds", "ohs", "oh ohs", "double ohs", "zeros", and "double zeros".<ref name="Week-name">{{cite web |url=https://www.theweek.com/article/index/103534/Why_cant_we_name_this_decade |title=Why can't we name this decade? |publisher=Theweek.com |date=November 30, 2009 |access-date=February 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215042846/http://theweek.com/article/index/103534/Why_cant_we_name_this_decade |archive-date=December 15, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fulton |first=Robert |date=2009-12-31 |title=Say goodbye to the aughts, zeros, 2000s, whatever |url=http://washingtonexaminer.com/say-goodbye-to-the-aughts-zeros-2000s-whatever/article/18865 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512221527/http://washingtonexaminer.com/say-goodbye-to-the-aughts-zeros-2000s-whatever/article/18865 |archive-date=2014-05-12 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=[[Washington Examiner]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/12/the_uhohs.html |title=What should we call the last decade? |website=slate.com |date=December 18, 2009 |access-date=August 18, 2018 |archive-date=August 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818215413/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2009/12/the_uhohs.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The years of the decade can be referred to as '01, '02, '03, etc., pronounced oh-one, oh-two, oh-three, etc.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}